| |
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
| StriperTalk! All things Striper |
 |
06-06-2010, 11:03 PM
|
#1
|
|
Albie Addicted
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Not the 7 mile slum
Posts: 285
|
Caught 1 bass and helped to release 2 gannets this morning. :/ I didn't dare throw topwater with these things around so I went with a jig and scored the bass, but not before one bird dive bombed my jig which had to be 8-10 ft down there. Luckily he let the jig go after he came to the surface.
I do not recall these birds around CCB this time of year. Usually see them late in the fall.
I know they are known to be around the big bait, but only saw them picking up plugs, jigs, shads and small bait the last few days. Yes, they have very long necks and beaks...
|
"Don't kill them for ego, don't kill them because they're legal, and don't kill them for someone else." - Doc Muller
|
|
|
|
06-07-2010, 06:44 AM
|
#2
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: petersham,ma
Posts: 222
|
while we were out this weekend my buddy had his whole live lined mac swallowed! gannet dived came up with it and swallowed it before we could do a thing...hook and all. i wouldnt think thats gonna end well for him....
amazing how they will dive from 50'-100' up...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06-07-2010, 02:05 PM
|
#3
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 833
|
The bird in the picture is a shearwater not a gannet - I've never seen or heard of a gannet hooked by a fisherman - shearwaters are a PIA - especially when chunkin tuna . . .
Gannet is first picture - shearwater is second
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06-07-2010, 02:15 PM
|
#4
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 833
|
I just looked at jay's picture and that is a gannet . . ..  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
06-08-2010, 07:30 AM
|
#5
|
|
Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,505
|
I hooked five in two trips last week.
No question , Big mean Gannets
6 inch beak trying to stab me
|
May fortune favor the foolish....
|
|
|
|
|
06-08-2010, 01:27 PM
|
#6
|
|
Ruled only by the tide
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Truro
Posts: 801
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by MAKAI
I hooked five in two trips last week.
No question , Big mean Gannets
6 inch beak trying to stab me
|
I liked the one that whistled by your ear and hit the RonZ just 3 feet from the boat. No wait....I even more like the one that had a treble in its wing and another in it's foot and walked around the cockpit like Charlie Chaplin. Now that I think about it, I most like the one that stabbed Dan in the hand. Nevermind....they're ALL good.  |
Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.
|
|
|
|
|
06-08-2010, 04:07 PM
|
#7
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 5,238
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sweetwater
I liked the one that whistled by your ear and hit the RonZ just 3 feet from the boat. No wait....I even more like the one that had a treble in its wing and another in it's foot and walked around the cockpit like Charlie Chaplin. Now that I think about it, I most like the one that stabbed Dan in the hand. Nevermind....they're ALL good. |
The one with one treble in its wing and one in the foot was a little bastard. While Dan held the mouth, the gannet was kicking me with one foot and hitting me in the head with the loose wing.
Someone needs to post up an instructional YouTube video on safely unhooking a gannet while keeping all your fingers. Brazen little things. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:39 PM.
|
| |
Hybrid Mode